Shapiro Urges CDC to Count 4 Pennsylvania Measles Deaths as Outbreak Reaches 731 Cases
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Updated · WPSU · Sep 17
Shapiro Urges CDC to Count 4 Pennsylvania Measles Deaths as Outbreak Reaches 731 Cases
3 articles · Updated · WPSU · Sep 17
Summary
Two new Pennsylvania measles-related deaths brought the state's total to four, even as the CDC's public dashboard still shows zero U.S. measles deaths this year.
Josh Shapiro said Pennsylvania will not accept CDC on-the-ground help until the agency publicly acknowledges the four deaths, accusing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of blocking that update; Kennedy denies intervening.
Lancaster County's coroner confirmed the first two deaths announced in late August involved infants with measles, after Kennedy had questioned whether those deaths occurred.
Doctors say falling vaccination rates and misinformation are worsening one of the nation's largest outbreaks; Pennsylvania has reported 731 cases and administered nearly 7,000 MMR shots this year.